Multimedia Collection
They surveyed the World: Exploring the Arab Empire and Beyond
(When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization series)
DVD
27 min
2004
DS36.85 .W44 2001 DVD
During the 10th century, people routinely journeyed from one end of the huge Arab empire to the other - and even into non-Islamic lands far to the north and the east. Who were these travelers, and what did they seek? This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph's orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search of new markets, and an explorer charting the seas. Some of the era's most memorable personalities - the mathematicianal-Khuwarizmi, the chronicler Abul Hasan Ali al-Mas'udi, the cartographer Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Hawqal - are profiled.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (www.films.com).
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